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pricey, a. colloq.|ˈpraɪsɪ|
Also pricy.
[f. price n. + -y1.]
Expensive, high-priced. Also Comb.
1932‘C. L. Anthony’ Service iii. ii. 101 I've got the day off to-day—been up to a sale to see about a show-case. But I couldn't touch it. It was a very pricey article. 1944World's Press News 31 Aug. p. iii/1 (heading) ‘Pricy’ at second hand... The advertiser offered 4s. 6d. for each issue of Vogue ten days after publication. The price of Vogue is 3s. 1953D. Whipple Someone at Distance xxvii. 243 ‘Pricey, I know,’ continued Mr. Pye. ‘But worth it, Madam.’ 1957Economist 19 Oct. (Suppl.) 10/1 The ‘pricier’ models like the Ford Zodiac or the Vauxhall Cresta. 1962M. Procter Devil in Moonlight xi. 114 It's pricey... It might cost you a lot of money. 1971Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 2/5 Meat has become a very pricey business for most households. 1976W. H. Canaway Willow-Pattern War xvii. 174 A pricey-looking transistor radio. 1978SLR Camera Aug. 88/1 It can..be fitted with a motor drive unit, but not with the wide variety of viewing heads and viewing screens available for the more pricy sisters in the catalogue.
Add: Hence ˈpricily adv., expensively;also ˈpriciness n.
1981Washington Post 11 Dec. (Weekend section) 48/1 Gifts for the aspiring ascending have to combine practicality and priceyness. 1982Ibid. 14 Mar. h1/2 The entire meal costs about $3.50 per person, despite the comparative priciness of the ingredients for the first course. 1986Nation (N.Y.) 25 Oct. 419/2 He lets his aging face..do most of his work for him, and his trim body (pricily dressed) does the rest. 1987Financial Times 1 June 22/8 Priciness, however, is but the latest in a list of complaints Israel's hotels have grown accustomed to hearing over the years. 1987Washington Post 23 Oct. (Weekend section) 23/4 Plans, says Circle spokesman Freeman Fisher, include:.. Pricily overhaul the Circle Uptown. |